The book, Halloween: Liminal Visions is about a personal journey. Dr. Julie Marcuse records what she sees in “objective” reality through a lens of “radical subjectivity.”
Marcuse has used the documentation and interpretation of the manifest content of Halloween, with its emphasis on chaos, ambiguity, dread and death to master her feelings in response to living through the decline and death of her husband Donald.
Some of the photographs are surprising, fun and beautiful, while many are extremely disturbing. They attempt to link different domains of experience through color photographs with minimal manipulation. This book, her 3rd, is a testament to love, loss and her own capacity for survival, and it was intended to be a final gift to her husband. He died shortly before its completion.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Julie Marcuse, PhD, is a psychologist, trauma specialist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She is a graduate of the William Alanson White Institute where she continues to teach and supervise. She headed the Sexual Abuse Service there for 11 years, learning about witnessing, dissociation, vicarious traumatization and multi-disciplinary approaches to healing. She is passionate about the arts, from poetry to painting to music. She uses a platform called Blurb to self-publish her work.
Please join us for this presentation aligned with the commitment of the Artist Study Group to showcase the power of creating art to mitigate and master trauma.
Frances V. Dillon, MSW and Eric Dammann, PhD, are Co-Directors, Artist Study Group